variants or off-colored

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Recent Examples of off-color The stuff that comes out of Mike’s mouth is very off-color a lot of the time. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025 Don’t let that off-color icon worry you. PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025 Huffman liked to do impersonations and had a profane streak; he was once forced to apologize for making an off-color joke at an office party. Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025 There are tangents and off-color stories. Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for off-color
Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-color
Adjective
  • Sabrina Carpenter is barking back at the backlash surrounding her suggestive album cover.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 June 2025
  • The actor claimed that Perry began texting him over the next few months, making suggestive advances and promising to help Dixon find a job.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool across seven days from the end of November looks particularly spicy.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • Its reposado is aged in American oak and prized for its creamy texture and gently spicy finish.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025

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“Off-color.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-color. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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